TEHRAN (Basirat): The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said it has launched missile, drone and artillery attacks on a series of locations in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region harboring terrorists near the Iranian border regions.

TEHRAN (Basirat): French President Emmanuel Macron’s top diplomatic adviser, who is on an official visit to Iran, held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif about a host of issues, including bilateral ties between Tehran and Paris.

TEHRAN (basirat): FIVB spokeswoman Anna Manuelian says Iranian volleyball players are understandably upset after their team was detained for more than four hours when they arrived at O’Hare International Airport.

TEHRAN(Basirat): A new report published in an Iranian economic website shows that the number of vacant properties across the country has topped 2.6 million as authorities mull taxes on empty houses in a bid to curb exorbitant prices in the housing market.

TEHRAN (Basirat): Chief of the Iranian Judiciary’s Human Rights Council Mohammad Javad Larijani deplored the US government’s crimes against Muslims and said Washington is seeking to remove every trace of Islamic and human civilization.

TEHRAN (Basirat): Iran will definitely take the next step to reduce certain commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal given the unsatisfactory results of the latest meeting of the JCPOA joint commission in Vienna.

TEHRAN (Basirat) : Chairman of the Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce Yahya Ale-Ishaq highlighted the ineffectiveness of the Europeans’ long-awaited financial mechanism, known as INSTEX, in the face of US sanctions and said it cannot perform miracles for Tehran.

TEHRAN (Basirat): With the implementation of new power generation projects, Iran’s total capacity to produce electricity will increase by about 5,000 megawatts (MW) by the end of the current Persian calendar year, (March 2019 – March 2020).